Koba
Koba is a Georgian given name. Notable people with the name include:Koba Davitashvili (1971–2020), Georgian politician Koba Gogoladze, Georgian boxer Koba Gurtskaia, Georgian military officer Koba Gvenetadze, Georgian economist Koba Jass, Latvian ice hockey player Koba Kobaladze, Georgian military officer Koba Shalamberidze, Georgian footballer Koba Subeliani, Georgian politician Koba Zakadze,…
- Georgian
Meaning & Origin of Koba
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Koba is a Georgian given name. Notable people with the name include:Koba Davitashvili (1971–2020), Georgian politician Koba Gogoladze, Georgian boxer Koba Gurtskaia, Georgian military officer Koba Gvenetadze, Georgian economist Koba Jass, Latvian ice hockey player Koba Kobaladze, Georgian military officer Koba Shalamberidze, Georgian footballer Koba Subeliani, Georgian politician Koba Zakadze,…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Georgian
The Story of Koba
The earliest SSA record of Koba as a baby boy name dates back to 2015, when 7 babies received it. 2018 was its biggest year on record, with 9 newborns named Koba — #8,152 in the national rankings. About 60% of every Koba on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Koba last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 40 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2010s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Koba
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Koba. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Iakob
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About the name Koba
Koba is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2015 and has accumulated 40 births in the dataset. Koba's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #8,152. Use the chart and map above to compare Koba's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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